page_title: Kaitangata, New Zealand
section_title: Kaitangata promotions house and land package
hierarchical_section_title: Kaitangata, New Zealand / Recent developments / Kaitangata promotions house and land package
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context_page_description: Kaitangata is a town near the coast of South Otago, New Zealand, on the left bank of the Clutha River ten kilometres south east of Balclutha. The town is known to its residents simply as Kai.
  In June 2016 the town gained international attention when new low cost housing was offered there, and local mayor of Clutha District, Bryan Cadogan, estimated there were 100-1000 job vacancies in the region; the news was carried by The Guardian and TVNZ's Seven Sharp.
context_section_description: In May 2016 Kaitangata Promotions began offering a house and land package in Kaitangata for $230,000  
  In June this story was picked up by other New Zealand media and then following a story in The Guardian became a worldwide media phenomenon.
  As an indication of the level of interest, By the end of the June daily pageviews for "Kaitangata, New Zealand" on Wikipedia were exceeding those for world cities like Sydney and Los Angeles.
  The mayor of Clutha district Bryan Cadogan said that "more than 10,000 people" had expressed interest in coming to live in Kaitangata.
caption: Empty sections in Kaitangata
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